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IQVIA Sponsors Race for 7 to Commemorate World Rare Disease Day

“IQVIA is delighted to be associated for the fourth consecutive year as the main sponsor of Race for 7. While rare diseases, by virtue of their definition, affect relatively fewer number of patients, the overall number of rare disease patients is large enough to warrant more focused attention."

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